Confederate Army, Council Chamber.

Lei Shaoxuan attended a high-level military meeting for the first time.

There was no place for him in the council chamber, and his rank was not qualified for such a meeting compared to the other officers.

Feng Ziying asked Lei Shaoxuan to stand beside him as one of the two personal soldiers.

All the generals who entered the council hall looked up and were surprised.

In the past, the two personal soldiers behind the seat of the council hall should be tall and mighty, brightly armored samurai, to show military might, but today there is a young man standing. However, those who can stand behind Feng Ziying are all confidants, dead soldiers who can be absolutely trusted.

The council chamber is the most important place in the army, and there is no absolute trust of the dead, who knows what will happen? It seems that this young man is not from the army, but after the nobles or Feng Ziying's nephews and nephews.

Dong Wenhai felt a little slanderous in his heart.

He originally planned to censor Lei Shaoxuan, after all, Lei Shaoxuan came back from Hudi, all by his own words, but now he can stand by the side of the handsome, most likely because of the letter that Lei Shaoxuan took out.

Dong Wenhai wanted to know whose letter it was, but unfortunately Feng Ziying had already burned the letter in front of him, and now only Feng Ziying and Lei Shaoxuan knew the content of the letter.

Dong Wenhai didn't question that there was anything wrong with Feng Ziying's decision, after all, Lei Shaoxuan was really the only one who participated in the assassination of the second prince of Shan Yu and came back alive.

Dong Wenhai believes that no one will rebel and let go of the assassin of the prince, and that censorship is just a routine, but it is a rule.

Dong Wenhai is a literati and hates people who break the rules.

Feng Ziying waved her hand, the council room quieted down, and everywhere she looked, everyone was sitting in danger.

Feng Ziying has always been known for her strict management of the army, and she has been fighting to the death on the battlefield for many years, so she naturally has some momentum.

The council hall was so quiet that it seemed that a needle could be heard dropping, and there was an atmosphere of solemnity and majesty.

Today's decision is the arrangement of the final decisive battle, and the details of the battle have been discussed and even debated for a long time, and the final decision will be made today.

"Lei Shaoxuan, step forward and greet everyone!" Feng Ziying waved her hand and asked Lei Shaoxuan to step forward.

Lei Shaoxuan stepped forward and saluted and stood still.

Feng Ziying looked at everyone, her voice was raised, and she said solemnly: "Two years ago, the war on the Northwest Front was unfavorable, and our army was forced to implement an adventurous plan. Jiang Qing and Jiang Sima personally selected a group of elites in the army, went deep behind enemy lines, and assassinated the second prince of Shan Yu, Yelu Dailiang, which led to civil strife in Xihu and greatly eased the pressure of the war on the northwest front. Lei Shaoxuan is the only warrior who survived!"

The chamber suddenly came alive. Most of the officers here were generals in the forward battalion back then, and they knew about it to some extent.

"Didn't the whole army be wiped out? There are ...... who survived."

"It's a pity that Sima Jiang ......"

"If it weren't for them, there would probably not be a few people left in our forward battalion...... Back then, Yelu Chutian was a strong soldier and a strong horse......"

"Don't grow the ambition of others, destroy your own prestige......"

“......”

Everyone was talking, and suddenly applause rang out.

Lei Shaoxuan's face flushed, and his heart was full of pride.

Feng Ziying raised her hand and stopped the applause.

"It was the civil strife in Xihu that the emperor was wise enough to take the opportunity to reorganize our northwest armies, and the forward battalion was able to expand into the Northwest South Army. It can be said that this assassination incident has made great contributions to changing the situation on the Northwest Front!"

Everyone looked at Lei Shaoxuan's eyes even more eagerly, the forward battalion was reorganized into the Southern Army, and everyone benefited.

Feng Ziying waved her hand and said with emotion: "This incident had a great impact back then. In order to make civil strife in Xihu, our army kept this matter strictly secret, so that the sacrificed warriors were unknown, their miraculous achievements were not revealed, and their names were not revealed. Even for many years to come, this matter must still be kept secret, so that the Hu people will continue to be suspicious of each other. ”

Feng Ziying said proudly: "It is the fate of my generation to sacrifice my life for the country, and it is also the wish of my generation. Although it cannot show the merits of warriors, it is necessary to remember the name of warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country. As the only representative of the warriors who survived, I hereby promoted him to the rank of Inspector of the Military Intelligence Department and Captain of the Chinese Army's Guard Battalion! Lei Shaoxuan, you must live well, and visit the relatives of the martyrs who died at an appropriate time on behalf of our army!"

"Yes!" Lei Shaoxuan was excited and said in a deep voice.

Lei Shaoxuan never regarded himself as a person in the forward battalion, and dreamed of leaving all the time.

My mind was filled with one thought: to leave the forward camp, rescue the master's daughter, and find my mother, brother and sister.

At this moment, his heart fluctuated, and it seemed that every sergeant who had died and participated in the assassination was watching him. Yes, they are comrades-in-arms, they have lived and died together, and Lei Shaoxuan suddenly has a sense of belonging.

In peacetime, there may be no intersection in the barracks, and some still have contradictions, fighting, grabbing things, and looking down on each other, but when they really leave the barracks, they suddenly find that their hearts are full of them.

Lei Shaoxuan once secretly went to the bazaar and saw the sergeants who were tortured to death and their bodies nailed to wooden stakes.

Every corpse was ragged, bloodstained, hideous, miserable, and even dead, with empty eyes, Lei Shaoxuan only felt happy at that time, but now it hurts deeply.

"Lei Shaoxuan was able to escape by lurking in Hudi, and brought back the detailed military information of the Hu people, which played a great role in the layout of this battle, and was recorded as a great achievement!" Feng Ziying said.

When Lei Shaoxuan heard this, his face flushed slightly.

This time when he returned to the camp, Lei Shaoxuan did not bring back any military information, Feng Ziying was nakedly risking military merit for himself out of thin air.

Lei Shaoxuan is treacherous and cunning, but he is used to fighting for everything by himself, and now he has obtained a great achievement out of thin air, and he is suddenly cramped and uneasy, like a child who has done something wrong.

But the generals did not think of him.

Feng Ziying was born in the middle and lower ranks of the army, and has always hated the vices in the army such as lying about the military situation and taking the lead of the army, and no one would ever think that Feng Ziying would lie for others.

Dong Wenhai was shocked in his heart, Lei Shaoxuan's promotion to lieutenant by virtue of his assassination skills was not excessive, but why should he continue to increase Lei Shaoxuan's military merits? You must know that the position he has just appointed cannot be promoted in a short period of time.

Dong Wenhai, as the Sima of the Southern Army, has the duty of supervising military merits, and Lei Shaoxuan never brought back any detailed military information.

Today's meeting is a military deployment meeting, and words and deeds must be recorded and sent to the military department for examination.

In other words, Feng Ziying said that Lei Shaoxuan brought back military intelligence and it would be recorded.

Since it is a meritorious service recorded before the war, it should be judged afterwards, and this procedure is very formal, and no one can deprive it of it.

Moreover, this merit is by no means like other merits of killing the enemy and breaking the army, which is reported by the main general and verified by the superiors. There are many disadvantages of this kind of credit, as long as the person who buys the verification, the credit will be implemented, the size is determined by the person, and the water is very large.

Could it be that in order to send Lei Shaoxuan away? There is only one possibility. Dong Wenhai was taken aback, this possibility is very high.

Dong Wenhai looked at himself, didn't make a sound, and acquiesced to Feng Ziying's words.

It is not worth offending Feng Ziying for this trivial matter, and he works well with Feng Ziying.

Feng Ziying is a generous person, respects herself very much, and does not have the arrogance and contempt of the old military chief.

At the military deployment meeting, he solemnly pointed out that he also had the flavor of arbitrariness, and Dong Wenhai could not tolerate rebuttal.

......

The battle unfolded in an open river valley.

On the grasslands, there are not many mountains, all plains, which are not conducive to large-scale army duels.

The Northern Wei Dynasty was dominated by infantry, and the Hu people were dominated by cavalry.

If the Northern Wei Dynasty wanted to confront the Hu people, it had to take the form of a sneak attack, or lure the enemy deep into the depths, introducing specific terrain so that the cavalry could not give full play to their advantage.

On the steppe, there are very few such terrains, so you can only find some undulating terrain, and it is difficult for the cavalry to maintain a neat formation to attack, so that the infantry can regain a slight advantage.

Even so, on the steppe, the infantry could not stop the cavalry.

With the increase of the national strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the army equipment was gradually improved and enhanced, and some large-scale horse-repelling equipment was invented, so that the infantry could barely resist the impact of cavalry.

The timing of the war was equal for both sides, but the location was on the cavalry side.

The superiority in strength was not equal, so much so that in the past, most of the operations were mainly guerrilla warfare, and it was a rare decisive battle in a position. Probably after many years of conquest, the strength and confidence of the Western Army of the Northern Wei Dynasty gradually increased, trying to determine the situation on the Western Front through a decisive battle.

As the escort of the Chinese army, Lei Shaoxuan stood in line on a high slope.

The black clouds were as heavy as lead and the atmosphere was tense and oppressive.

At the foot of the hillside, dense formations of soldiers were close together, and the sharp stakes of the horses flashed with the cold light of death, and they were inserted into the ground in rows, which was the dividing line between life and death.

Spears are like a forest, sharp spear heads, flashing light, piercing the sky, swords, cold and shining, chilling and terrifying, and crossbows, aimed at the front, ready to tear apart any enemy that stands in their way.

The banner is unfurled, thousands of horses are singing, and the atmosphere of slaughter is like a stormy wave, sweeping the grassland land.

The Hu people lined up a heavy cavalry battle formation, the roar of the fierce horses, the roar of iron hooves, the crushing of the sky, surging the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and the sea, making people's blood boil.